Sylvie Damey

As Promised, here’s the sequel of my first tries with my new toy, the great Hackle from Laurel, aka CatskillMtnFibers on Etsy. This time I prepared some fiber in advance, and dyed some cormo (which Laurel had also so graciously sent along with the hackle) and fine Merino in a deep burgundy color. I also […]

I first met Laurel through Ravelry in the Fiber Swap Club. She’s the one who sent me the beautiful Merino roving I used for my mini-shawl. She’s lucky to have a very crafty husband who makes all sorts of tools, including hackles which Laurel sells in her Etsy store on top of her fiber goodies. […]

This week I received my brand new Ashford hand carders. Of course I had to try them right away !! The first tries were not great : from looking on Youtube I see I wasn’t doing it properly, will watch some videos next time I try!! I first tried to card some random white wool […]

I have lovely models for my shawl around… :-) It’s now blocked and looking pretty perfect. I finally decided against the button closure. It’s just lovely, lightweight and warm around my shoulders… In fact I’m wearing it this morning as I type this post. Oh and I realised I forgot to add details. The yarn […]

I just finished the “Friday knitting Club” a couple weeks ago & really loved it.. And guess what, a sequel called “Knit 2” will be available at the end of this month, and you can win copies here. I just left a comment, now let’s cross fingers..! :-P Finished my feather and fan mini-shawl yesterday. […]

When designing new patterns, I like to have a look at a million pictures of related-or-not projects, as it seems to help decide what I actually look for in that new design. As some of you may have figured, I’m on this total granny-square kick lately. So I’ve been hunting the internet, looking for all […]

So I indulged in a lot of vintage supported spindles from Ebay last week, they’re so cool and pretty ! However, I don’t really need all 3 and want a pair of hand carders so bad (untill I can justify buying a drum carder, that is.. ;-) ) that I thought maybe somebody might be […]

Yesterday it was my birthday, and on top of a beautiful drawing made by Prune, I was spoiled by Emily who surprised me at our weekly SnB meeting with a skein of beautiful sock yarn (from the All raveled up Sock Club), the pattern for the Suprise jackets (both baby and adult versions) and a […]

Please have a thought this morning for laurent, my husband, who is being operated on. Nothing major, but a very delicate operation on his lower jaw that requires a complete anesthesia.. and I’m just a bit worried about that. ETA: Thanks for the kind comments, he’s fine (even though tired and angry because the operation […]

Hi, I’m back.. actually we came back a few days ago already but life if busy these days ! We had a great time with our kiwi friends and ended up staying all week in my grandmother’s chalet: the cold air helped a lot with laurent’s headaches, which was good ! The car nearly broke […]